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Dr. Kristiansen and her Patients in the News

Separated by War & Miles, Couple Pursues Their Family-Building Dream - FOX26 Exclusive

Meet Jessica and Brian Janisch as they discuss the difficulties of wanting to start a family while Brian is away in Iraq, and about their optimistic journey through IVF with the help of Dr Sonja Kristiansen.

As Brian watches via video from his post in Iraq, Jessica undergoes egg retrieval by Dr Kristiansen at Houston Infertility Clinic.

Awake from her retrieval, Jessica watches as her eggs are fertilized via ICSI with proud husband Brian's sperm cells in the lab of Houston Infertility Clinic. Dr Kristiansen explains the procedure while Brian observes from Iraq.

Jessica shares the good news with her husband Brian in Iraq live on air.

Babies and Biology Fox 26 News May 2006 - Egg Donor:

Click here to view a segment from Fox26 News Babies and Biology special that included Dr. Kristiansen and a couple who overcame their infertility struggle through the use of an egg donor. Karen Nicols and her husband Cliff, talk openly about their personal IVF failure and how turning to an egg donor was their answer to having their little girl Kayden. Also, learn why Courtney, an egg donor chooses to donate her eggs even after having a child of her own.

Babies and Biology Fox 26 News May 2006 - Recurrent Miscarriage:

Click here to view a segment from Fox26 News Babies and Biology special that included Dr. Kristiansen and her patient Kym Rilley who shared her painful history of repetitive miscarriages and how IVF was the answer to complete her family with the addition of little Peyton.

MicroSort - Gender Selection - Choose the Sex of Your Next Baby KSAT Channel 12 San Antonio, TX

Click here to read the full story or watch the video Dr. Kristiansen a Houston fertility specialist offers a new option for parents, a way to choose the sex of their baby. It's called MicroSort. "MicroSort is to sort the separate the sperm in to male or female sperm to increase the chance that the offspring would be female or male gender," said Dr. Kristiansen.

Congratulations...You're Pregnant
Style & Living Magazine

Click here and read the full story (pdf) about a couples' 12 year struggle with infertility and how a carefully selected egg donor and Dr. Kristiansen fulfilled their dream of having a family.

Donor eggs helping infertile women get pregnant
KHOU Channel 11 NEWS

Click here to read the full story or watch the video about a couples' 12 year struggle with infertility and how a carefully selected egg donor and Dr. Kristiansen fulfilled their dream of having a family.

Infertility treatment has good success rate
KHOU Channel 11 News

Click here to read the full story or watch the video if you are thinking about becoming pregnant, don't wait too long. The biological clock is ticking.

Today's Options For Building Families - Living Woodlands

Click here to read the full story (pdf) about two common fertility issues and new technology that even fertile couples are choosing to use. The Truth About Putting Off Pregnancy, Choosing Your Baby's Gender, Correcting Male Fertility Problems - The Other Half of the Fertility Equation

Boy or Girl? You Choose - People Magazine

Click here to read the full story (pdf). Dr. Kristiansen and other doctors around the United States discuss new gender selection techniques in a recent article in People magazine. The ability to pick a baby's gender leaves many parents thrilled with the outcome-and some experts worried about ethics.

Tick Tock Goes The Biological Clock - Style & Living Northwest

Click here to read the full story (pdf) where Dr. Kristiansen discusses the biological clock and Houston Infertility Clinic's state of the art lab services for both female and male infertility in a recent article in the Style & Living Northwest Edition.

Waiting To Have Children - News 24/Houston Business Journal

Click here to see video or read the full story (pdf). See Dr. Kristiansen along with David and Teresa Pinyon talk about waiting to have children until their late 30's and the technology that may be required when you wait on News 24 news or read their story here.

Male Infertility - Varicolectomy VS IVF/ICSI - Channel 26

Click here to see video or read the full story (pdf). Dr. Kristiansen along with Chris and Teress Oczkowsci talk about male infertility - poor count and motility and their decision to go through IVF with ICSI rather than a Varicolectomy surgical procedure.

One Couple's Struggle To Conceive - Fox 26/News 24

Click here to see video or read the full story (pdf). See Dr. Kristiansen along with Bryan and Janet Byrd talk about their struggle to conceive in their late 20's and their beautiful "miracle babies" on News 24 news and Fox 26 news or read their story here.

Male Infertility Caused By Testicular Cancer - Their Success Story KHOU Channel 11 May 28, 2003

Click here to see video or read the full story (pdf). Dr. Kristiansen along with William and Juanita VanBuren talk about Infertility after testicular cancer and their successful treatment.

Other Videos

Interview with Dr. Kristiansen, MD

Click here to see video of Dr. Kristiansen discussing why she decided to specialize in Reproductive Endocrinology Infertility and her decision to open Houston Infertility Clinic.

"Your Monthly Guide" by Dr. Kristiansen Archived Newsletters

A Fertile Future, November 2007

The Realities of Gender Selection, October 2007

Science, Not Magic, August 2007

Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI), July 2007

Fertility Preservation June, 2007

Fertility Science Fact or Fiction? May, 2007

Weight & Fertility April, 2007

Genetic Conditions: Silent Cause of Infertility March, 2007

Are You Ovulating? February, 2007

Motherhood Without Marriage January, 2007

Building a Family, In Spite of War December, 2006

Sharing the Science of Family-Building November, 2006

Behind the Scenes: Our Lab September, 2006

Stay Tuned! August, 2006

Meeting Infertility Head-On July, 2006

Happy Fathers-To-Be June, 2006

Happy Mothers-To-Be May, 2006

Affording Treatment March, 2006

In This Thing Together February, 2006

Eat for Two Now January, 2006

The Children of ART December, 2005

Unused Embryos November, 2005

PCOS: Syndrome O October, 2005

Endometriosis: The Not-So-Silent Disease September, 2005

Can't Have Another Baby? August, 2005

Treating Male Infertility July, 2005

Looking for Answers: Male Fertility June, 2005

Are You Ovulating? May, 2005

New Hope for Miscarriage, April, 2005

Using Donor Sperm, March, 2005

February, 2005

The Season of Giving, January, 2005

Fertility & The Mind-Body Connection, December, 2004

Fertility Treatment: Using Donor Eggs, November, 2004

Fertility Treatment: IVF, October, 2004

Fertility Treatment: Injectable Medications, September, 2004